Rockford keeps alive the memory of slain friends, family

The ninth annual Carol McFeggan Homicide Victim Memorial was held Wednesday at Riverside Community Church in Machesney Park.

The event is held each April so families, loved ones, friends and co-workers of homicide victims can honor those who died violently and be supportive of one another.

Carol McFeggan, a longtime Rockford School District employee who co-founded the group with Barb Stone, was killed June 29, 2009, by her husband, Thomas F. McFeggan. He is serving a 30-year sentence at the Stateville Correctional Center.